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Plumlee back to the Mad Ants

The Indiana Pacers today re-assigned rookie Miles Plumlee to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Pacers’ NBA Development League affiliate. The assignment s the 46 th of the 2012-13 NBA and NBA D-League seasons, while Plumlee is one of 33 NBA players to have been assigned to the NBA D-League this season.

Plumlee (6-11, 255, Duke) re-joins the Mad Ants having played in two games for Fort Wayne during his previous assignment when he averaged 14.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 28.0 minutes. He has appeared in four games for the Pacers this season, scoring four points and grabbing five rebounds in 16 minutes. Selected 26 th overall by the Pacers in the first round of the 2012 NBA Draft, Plumlee was a four-year member of the Blue Devils where he won an NCAA championship in 2010.

Plumlee is expected to join the Mad Ants today and be available on Friday, Dec. 14 when the team hosts the Maine Red Claws in Fort Wayne.

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The stats are nice, but I need someone who can actually read talent to watch these games and tell me what skills will translate. I find it very difficult to watch the Developmental League contests because the guards are often too selfish on offense.

The stats are nice, but I need someone who can actually read talent to watch these games and tell me what skills will translate. I find it very difficult to watch the Developmental League contests because the guards are often too selfish on offense.

They dont. The league is broken basketball-wise. Everyone plays hard but no one wants to accumulate too many fouls or get injured.

It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.

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The stats are nice, but I need someone who can actually read talent to watch these games and tell me what skills will translate. I find it very difficult to watch the Developmental League contests because the guards are often too selfish on offense.

You should give it a watch, but don't think of it as watching a basketball game. Just focus on watching Plumlee play.

Watch the way he runs the court. He's supremely athletic for a near 7 footer. And his conditioning must be good too because he played 42 minutes last night. Never looked tired to me.

He hit mid range jumpers. And a nice lefty hook. All those skills translates. It's not like there's a difference between hitting open jumpers in the D League and the NBA.

Also watch his pass catching skills. Some big men have trouble catching the ball. Doesn't look like that's a problem for Miles. Once again, I doubt if pass catching is much different in the NBA.

In the previous game Miles matched up against Fab Melo. Miles played 10 more minutes than Fab and had 15 more rebounds. They both scored 10 points. Mile's had 4 blocks to Fab's 1. Nice to see Miles producing against someone that was drafted 4 spots higher.

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Meanwhile, Draymond Green who was still available when we drafted Plumlee is playing for the warriors and hit a game winning shot against Miami.....smh

Could that happen because, dunno, the Warriors are actually playing Draymond? BRush's season-ending injury made the Ws thin at the SF spot and that's why Draymond is getting extended burn. They have to. It's similar as to why Ezeli is getting some burn as well. They need him since Bogut is injured and Biedrins does not seem to care (or to be able to anymore).

Oh and Draymond is shooting 27.3% from the field (20% from 3). Not to mention that he has only 7 fouls less than points (64 points, 57 fouls). Those numbers are hardly something to be envious at.

Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to take anything away from Draymond Green. His shot against Miami was indeed big (even though he was unguarded and it was point blank range) and his cut was indeed terrific (although, Jack's composure and pass were even better, imo). And he's a good defensive player as well. He's gritty and tough.

I'm just tired of people complaining about Miles while not giving him a chance to prove his worth.

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In the previous game Miles matched up against Fab Melo. Miles played 10 more minutes than Fab and had 15 more rebounds. They both scored 10 points. Mile's had 4 blocks to Fab's 1. Nice to see Miles producing against someone that was drafted 4 spots higher.

Great post, Strummer, thanks for that. People were pretty positive about Melo before the draft:

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The games are on YouTube. The easiest way to find them is to go to the Box Score for the game you want off the Mad Ants page. The game video is in the middle of the page. For me, the feed usually crashes my Firefox at least twice. So I have to restart it and drag the progress bar to where ever it was when it crashed.Mad Ants

Ok, that's the first quarter. I may watch more later, I may not. It's definitely not NBA-quality basketball, but I agree that he's got some NBA-level moves. He needs coaching, and he needs to play NBA minutes. He's no Dwight Howard, but I think he'll be at least a solid rotational player/borderline starter.

Last edited by Anthem; 12-16-2012 at 09:57 PM.

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